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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
That's true. I've heard that if you are expecting a "package" you should: a) not sign for it if you are required to do so for receipt of package, and b) once the package is delivered, take it inside and write "return to sender" on the box and set the package next to the front door (inside the house). Do not open it for a few days. If the cops come simply say the package is not yours, and you were planning on taking to the post office to return.
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That would probably be the safest way to handle it; but leaving a felony and a grand or more street value outside your door is an iffy situation at best, not to mention the temptation.
Basically if you get the package, you are good, in terms of international mail anyway. You can tell when the package has been looked through; they have their own type of tape to seal it back up, red white and blue. One time they let it through despite opening it; must not have looked in the comic book.
There is a pretty large culture of internet pharmacies; it's an arms war between the shippers and Customs. Usually Western Union the money to an ever changing name, get it mailed through a name that looks like a relative, communicate through email with the point man, all a very elaborate game that takes anywhere from 2 weeks to a month.
Easy to get ripped off, shippers pop up, get shut down, rip off a certain percentage, anything you can think of. On the other hand, the reliable shippers will usually resend the package for free the first time, half price the second.